This true-color image shows a large fire burning on the western coast of Scotland.
Published May 5, 2011
Drought-parched wetlands in South America have been burning for weeks.
Published Sep 17, 2020
Following a notable increase in fire activity in August 2019 and a gradual rise in deforestation, scientists have been watching for signs of how 2020 might shape up. Several worrisome signs have emerged.
Published Aug 19, 2020Image of the Day Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
October 2018 brought an increase in fire detections, which might be associated with a weak El Niño.
Published Oct 29, 2018
Smoke billowed from several fires in north-central Russia in June 2016.
Published Jun 30, 2016
Fire is ubiquitous, both a tool and a destructive force. Like plants, fire grows and wanes in seasons.
Published Dec 31, 2008
It is not even summertime, but already the United Kingdom has seen a significant number of wildfires.
Published May 6, 2019
The reality of science, statistics, and satellites is that a deep understanding of the causes, effects, and severity of a fire season takes time.
Published Mar 3, 2020
High temperatures aided the spread of multiple blazes.
Published Jun 29, 2017
The satellite-based atlas includes information about more than 13 million fires.
Published Aug 8, 2019
Scientists have answered some important questions about how fires vary around the world and are changing over time.
Published Aug 21, 2019
Researchers also found that human-ignited fires tripled the length of the wildfire season.
Published Mar 7, 2017
A cloudless summer day afforded a perfectly clear view of several large fires burning in central Oregon on August 25, 2010.
Published Aug 27, 2010
While the 2014 wildfire season has been active in California, the fires have not been particularly large or damaging.
Published Aug 26, 2014
